Mid Level Network Administrator

We are HIRING!  We are adding a Mid-Level Network Administrator to the team. This position require daytime (8am – 5pm), evening (5pm - midnight) shift and on-call after hours (5pm - 8am) and all weekend support rotation every  two weeks. This is remote but candidate must be local or within the Richmond, VA area.

What you will do: 

• General maintenance, troubleshooting and root cause analysis for network incidents in the environment
• Resolve all network issues assigned to the network team
• Drive problem resolutions to ensure business continuity
• Work shift rotations and weekends to accommodate maintenance restrictions and after-hours response.
• Improve quality and ensure consistent and timely resolution of incidents
• Implement necessary steps to prevent future incidents
• Audit network devices to confirm network policies and guidelines meet or exceed targets for successfully audits
• Perform change management (CM) role on all network devices.  Implement network change requests based on CM processes
• Install, upgrade and maintain all network components
• Document processes in accordance with the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) requirements

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the degree. 
• Experience administering, configuring, installing, and upgrading the following:

• • F5 LTM load balancers 
  • Checkpoint and Juniper firewalls
  • Cisco IOS routers, Cisco IOS
  • Nexus OS switches

• Experience troubleshooting network traffic flows between servers, appliances, and network equipment
• Experience performing routine maintenance and incident break / fix issues
• Good level knowledge of any of the following protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, HSRP, VLAN, and TCP/IP
• Professional, responsible attitude and can work independently
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to work evening shift (5pm - midnight) and on-call after hours (5pm - 8am) and all weekend support rotation every two week
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance

Desired Qualifications:

• Ability to work with remote, matrixed teams
• Ability to work effectively in a team, and with clients